Arcadian Adelaide (2nd Edition)

Arcadian Adelaide (2nd Edition)
Thistle Anderson, Derek Whitelock, Katie Spain
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Paperback
h210 x 140mm - 120pg
1 Dec 2020 AU
9781743056189
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Scottish actress Thistle Anderson' s firecracker of a polemic against her adopted hometown of Adelaide, published to roars of outrage and laughter in 1905, proves beyond doubt that people of the past were - just like us - fond of a good piss-take. This barbed satirical spray reveals the City of Churches as ' less holy than might be supposed' , with more opium dens and prostitutes per capita than Melbourne, wines that are ' the worst ever made' (!), the local men ' caricatures' with inferior facial hair, the local women ' cats' . Thistle' s fondness is reserved for the fruit, the flour, the cabmen . . . and the return ticket to Melbourne. This hilarious little volume, intended by its author as ' a playful skit' , is to be taken with a pinch of salt . . . or perhaps savoured, stubbornly, with a glass of excellent Adelaide wine.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781743056189
Published: 1 Dec 2020
Published In: Australia
Imprint: Wakefield Press
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 120

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